It is 1971, and Nigeria is under military rule - though the politics of the state matter less than those of her home to Enitan Taiwo, an eleven-year-old girl tired of waiting for school to start. Will
The politics of Israel and its occupation of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip is to a large part wrapped up in religious and historical narratives that critics argue distort and obscure the tr
Ceramic tiles have been produced for over a thousand years in the heartlands of the Islamic world, from Iraq in the ninth century to Turkey in the nineteenth. The wealth of designs and colors used to
Athens has a history stretching back to Mycenaean times. In the fifth century B.C. it became the most significant community for the development of political thought and practice, art and culture that
Drawing on his own experiences of living and working in the Caribbean, Howard (human geography, U. of Edinburgh) provides an insider's guide for travelers to Jamaica's capital city. Following an histo
Garrett, who has written widely on Renaissance and 19th-century literature, has lived in Cambridge since 1994, which might be considered a long time in, say, Phoenix. He looks at the university town f
Diary entries, letters, newspaper stories, and eyewitness accounts from authors such as Tacitus, Conan Doyle, and Crisp are among these nearly two hundred short readings about the places, people, and
In the wake of the September 11th attacks, numerous individuals on the Internet and elsewhere began attacking the official accounts of how they occurred, raising questions over the actual physical evi
Offers thirteen tales based on the ancient civilization of the Minoans, including the birth of Zeus, the tale of Europa and the bull, and Daedalus and Icarus.
During the 1980s and 1990s, travel and adventure writer Millman collected stories from Northwest Territories, Baffin Island, northern Quebec, Labrador, and both coasts of Greenland. His goal is to rep
Eberhardt's journal chronicles the daring adventures of a late 19th-century European woman who traveled the Sahara desert disguised as an Arab man and adopted Islam. Includes a glossary. Previously pu
Weaving together the history of the Oxford and the eponymously named university, Tames (history, Cambridge U.) presents this volume aimed at the visiting tourist. He covers eight centuries of developm
Deeply critical of American foreign policy in general and the Bush administration in particular, Bennis (Institute for Policy Studies) surveys the impact of U.S. militarism and neocolonialism on the M
If you turn your back on your family and your country, what will be left of you? Will you find freedom? Or will you simply become a ghost, wandering between the Old World and the New and belonging in
The winner of the Japan Festival Award presents a culinary history of Japanese food, its various styles, and its traditions, describing its essential equipment, ingredients, and cooking techniques, an
The focus of the anthology is entertainment and broad information about buildings and phenomena most likely to interest the discriminating tourist. Many of the 195 pieces, mostly excerpts from longer
Whisky is the one spirit that is undeniably a world-wide phenomenon. From its early beginnings in the Celtic heartlands of Ireland and Scotland, whisky has become the world's most popular drink as the
This satisfying group of tales was collected by Nuweihed, a novelist, and edited by her niece, Salma Jayyusi, who directs a translation center for works in Arabic in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The tal
A collection of twenty-seven stories from around the world--including Polynesia, Greece, the British Isles, Scandinavia, and the Middle East--revisits the long forgotten tales of fish-tailed gods who
On a scorching hot summer day in Preston, Australia, Spike and Bubba go for a swim in the old water tower which casts a long dark shadow across everything in the area
This collection marks the arrival of a major new talent in Scottish poetry. Kevin MacNeil's voice and vision, while rooted in the Hebridean islands, is open to a wide range of cultures, not only those
This indispensable anthology contains selections of the best work by Scotland's most acclaimed modern Gaelic poets: Sorley Maclean, George Campbell Hay, Iain Crichton Smith, Derick Thomson, and Donald
Collects easy-to-prepare international recipes for filled pancakes, tacos, and other wrapped or rolled foods, including taquitos, lamb shawarma, Jamaican beef patties, potstickers, and semolina dosas.
"The architect Le Corbusier once called Buenos Aires 'the capital of an imaginary empire.' From its foundation in the sixteenth century, Argentina's main city has been a place of the imagination as we
"The Putin Mystique takes the reader on a journey through the Russia of Vladimir Putin, named by Forbes magazine in 2013 as the most powerful man in the world. It is a neo-feudal world where iPads, WT
"The Putin Mystique takes the reader on a journey through the Russia of Vladimir Putin, named by Forbes magazine in 2013 as the most powerful man in the world. It is a neo-feudal world where iPads, WT
Although the United States reaped its title of the world’s most powerful country as a result of its 18-month engagement in the war to end all wars, which saw 10 million lose their lives, Ells sees the
This is a cultural guide to the city of Berlin. It is designed to offer a more comprehensive survey than a standard tourist guidebook. While there is a chapter on classic things to do in the city, oth
Sally, who married young to escape her appalling childhood, is often left to bitterly reflect on the hand she has been dealt. She is, on the whole, happy caring for her husband, his mother, her own th
After his Dominican Grannie tells him of her attempts to catch the mischievous Ti Bolam when she was young, Christopher decides he will go after the strange being himself.
It's Katie's birthday and she invites all her best friends round for a pairty. Lots of her usual friends are there and a few new ones. Katie is as cheery and inquisitive as ever, and there are lots of
